Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dioscorea pubera Blume [Dioscoreaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kaasaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kasaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kasalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dioscorea anguina Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 803 (1832).
Dioscorea combilium Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5103A (1831), nom. nud.
Dioscorea cornifolia Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 385 (1850).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dioscorea anguina	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dioscorea anguina Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dioscorea puber Blume	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dioscorea pubera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dioscorea pubera Blume	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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